Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0For about half of its working residents, Holcomb is a commute to Grenada
Holcomb has 19 jobs; 267 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Holcomb for work; outside it, Grenada is the main destination (45%, 9 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Mississippi 6%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Holcomb apart
Holcomb is a place people come home to
There are 19 jobs based in Holcomb, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holcomb has about 88 people in it, 74% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Holcomb works in Grenada
121 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Grenada, 9.4 miles away. That’s far more as work in Holcomb itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 267 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Holcomb by day
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 88 people are in Holcomb on a workday afternoon, 74% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Holcomb ends
Where Holcomb clocks in
45% of workers
8% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Holcomb: what the 19 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holcomb, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 19. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holcomb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Holcomb
of Holcomb workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Holcomb’s workers travel
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Holcomb: questions
What is the poverty rate in Holcomb?
52.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Holcomb work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grenada (45%, 9 mi), Greenwood (8%, 22 mi), Oxford (3%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Holcomb without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holcomb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holcomb
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.